May Day Strong Interfaith Prayer Breakfast Friday, May 1, 8:45-10am First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary 1140 Cowper St, Palo Alto Everyone is Welcome! Join us to ground ourselves in our faith and spiritual traditions and our humanitarian values, to strengthen each other with community, and to nourish hearts, bodies and spirits....
MVPJ has collected faith-based messaging ideas for you to create your own sign, links for downloadable signs you can print and use, and other ideas for No Kings 3 (Saturday, March 28)… and beyond. CLICK HERE. Our faith and spiritual traditions teach us to say NO to war, injustice and...
Nearly 2.5 million immigrants call the Bay Area home. Let’s ensure they feel loved and safe in our neighborhoods. Communities of faith are invited to hold “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”* celebrations, prayer spaces, mutual aid support and/or vigils, that share a message of love to drown out the hate. There...
Click here to read the Palo Alto Online article by Lisa Moreno about the action. Read, share widely, and consider commenting to encourage more local coverage of local faith-based actions for peace and justice! More than a dozen Palo Alto clergy and people of faith joined with over 100 other...
Embody Love: A Multifaith Valentine’s Solidarity Vigil to Grieve Lives Lost to ICE Action & Detention Thursday, Feb 12, 7pm Redwood City Downtown Library 1044 Middlefield Rd In the face of forces trying to dehumanize, divide and harden us, we resist by coming together in the power of love, which...
The Rapid Response Network of the Santa Clara County will be hosting a gathering for local immigrant families whose loved ones have been detained by ICE or other federal agencies in the past several months. The emotional toll of the detention or deportation of someone in your family is enormous,...
The Peninsula/South Bay Interfaith Pod for Immigrant Justice is a network of communication for clergy and people of faith. Our purpose is to inform and invite people of faith to show up for immigrant justice needs in the Mid-Peninsula, San Jose, and South Bay areas as we learn about needs from the Interfaith...
Walking Our Faith: A Vigil of Prayer & Caring Thursday, Nov 6, 11am San Francisco Immigration Court, 100 Montgomery St. Join faith leaders and people of faith from across the bay area to show moral courage and moral leadership. Schedule: 11:00 Gathering at S.F. Immigration Court, 100 Montgomery St. 11:30am...
Learn how to be a legal observer of ICE activity in your community and protect our neighbors at risk! Rapid Response Volunteer Training Sunday, August 10, 4-6pm Los Altos Hills CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Space limited. Registration required. Location information will be sent after you register. The Rapid Response Network...
Santa Clara County and San Mateo County have separate Rapid Response Networks for protecting immigrant families, responding to ICE activities, and providing accompaniment and legal support during and after detention or deportation. While these two counties work together, it is helpful to know how to reach each of them to...